Stewart Lee has always been brilliant but his Nerve column really hits new heights. This should be required reading in schools - alongside ‘A Modest Proposal’. Although I guess, for balance, the poor teachers would have to find an equally good satire of the woke obsession with keeping people alive.
![Image of Sandi Toksvig, sitting on a sofa, smiling.
"I won't stand by and let that happen. I will stand up each time and say no. Clearly, if you're anti-trans, it's because you don't have any trans friends. If you did, you wouldn't be able to look yourself in the [mirror] as you say these terrible things.
She wants to see "more trans people in the public eye," whether it be in politics or on television. Offering a comforting word to the transgender community, she says: "Please know I understand and I'm here. I don't know for what, for a cuddle? I'm here to be the grandma lesbian who goes, 'Let's just keep going'."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uavxhhyradkstg2pm4isdj3c/bafkreid5hgoc26evs2d7o5urqgofjjnqj27xxz42dndk26mrmo7c56xn7q)
